Graduate student awards 2023

Exterior of the Peter B. Lewis Building on a sunny day

Each year, Weatherhead School of Management recognizes graduate students who have been selected by their peers for demonstrating excellence over their careers at Weatherhead.

Congratulations to this year's recipients:

  • The Scott S. Cowen Student Leadership Award: This award recognizes a leader and role model who contributes to the total community and stimulates the classroom experience. This year’s recipients are Connor Reider and Anshul Gupta.
     
  • The Student Life Award: This award recognizes a student who participates in and encourages student engagement. This year’s recipients are Soumen Kumar Mahanty and Pradeep Shashidharankumar.
     
  • The Theodore M. Alfred Distinguished Service Student Award: This award recognizes a student who participates in community service inside and outside the Weatherhead community. This year’s recipients are Kirby Lynn Gilmore and Yicong (Fiona) Wang.
     
  • The Rita Kicher Award: This award is presented to a graduating part-time student at Weatherhead. The award recipient is recognized as an outstanding colleague in Cleveland's professional community. This year’s recipient is Mark N. Boich.
     
  • The Executive MBA Leadership Award: This award recognizes a student who demonstrates outstanding personal leadership. This year’s recipient is Jessica M. Broz
     
  • The Doctor of Management Scholar-Practitioner Award: This award recognizes an outstanding reflective practitioner. This year’s recipient is Ali Shahbaz Raja.
     
  • Weatherhead Outstanding PhD Research Award: The winner of the Weatherhead Outstanding Ph.D. Research Award is Erica Johnson for the dissertation proposal titled “The Cycle of Traumatic Stress: Exploring the Impact of Early Life Trauma in the Workplace and the Role of Supervisor Support.” This year’s recipient is Erica Johnson
     
  • The Director’s Award for Academic Excellence in Accountancy: This award is meant to recognize graduating Master of Accountancy students who have demonstrated exceptional scholarship and potential for success in the accounting profession. This year’s recipients are Kanyon Martinet Combs, Mohana Kodanda Rama Reddy Mallidi, Gayathri Narayanasamy, Divya Sekar, Jiayi (Rebecca) Xu, Kaiyao Zhu and Margaret Siobhan Zimmer
     
  • The Directors Award for Outstanding Student in Master of Accountancy: This award is awarded to master of accountancy students who have demonstrated exemplary leadership and/or professionalism. This year’s recipients are Sara Folger, Jack Petito and Yijing Zhao
     
  • The Master of Business Analytics & Intelligence Student Leadership Award: This is awarded to a student for outstanding contributions to promoting class cohesion, program excellence, and superior learning experience in the Business Analytics & Intelligence program. This year’s recipients are Adam Denton Cola, Yonghao Feng, Trang Huyen Manh, Bo Zhao and Yuhan Zhu.
     
  • The Master of Finance Student Leadership Award: This award is presented to a student who serves as a leader and role model for all students. The recipient promotes the Weatherhead image in a positive way, contributes to the total community, and stimulates the classroom experience. This year’s recipient is Zixuan (Shawn) Sun.
     
  • The Master of Finance Outstanding Student Award: This award recognizes a student's excellence and contributions to the discipline and profession of finance. This year’s recipient is Pavan Vatsal Mody.
     
  • The Master of Healthcare Management Academic Excellence Award: This award recognizes students who consistently excelled in their Master of Healthcare Management coursework. This year’s recipients are Michael Lawrence Aaby, Farah F. Jaafar, Tianyi Chen Li, Jonathan Dylan Ockunzzi and Tobias Christopher Ramsdell.
     
  • The Master of Healthcare Management Best Action Learning Project: This award recognizes the student judged to have completed the Best Action Learning Project in the cohort. This year's recipient is Satya Anand Moolani.
     
  • The Master of Healthcare Management Student Leadership Award: This award is presented to a student who has demonstrated exemplary leadership qualities, setting a standard for collegiality and engagement that has positively impacted their fellow classmates. This year's recipient is Melissa Jane Borowski.
     
  • The Master of Supply Chain Management Student Leadership Award: This award is presented to a student for outstanding contributions to promoting class cohesion, program excellence, and superior learning experience in the Master of Supply Chain Management program. This year's recipient is Beisi Bai.